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Driftwood Settings: Series 6 - COMP Apocalypse Now, Cluster v6, GalaXian GX1, Sedna, Canis, etc...
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  • flaschusflaschus

    sunset from eclipse...

    eclipse sunset from Casched Productions on Vimeo.

  • 33pato3333pato33

    DRIFTWOOD.. why do you talk about your SEDNA AQ1 setting as A B AND C ? when I download them, they appear as C D AND H ! please help!

  • HillTop1HillTop1

    Testing out my Kowa 2X anamorphic on a canon FD 35mm f2.0 with 35mm film grain. At the time of the shoot I didn't have a diopter as some of the shuts clearly needed it. No grading has being done to it, just straight out of the camera. I plan to re-shoot and test out some new stuff. Oh patch used is Canis Majoris day PM

  • TheRuggedAdventurerTheRuggedAdventurer

    Shot the first couple of scenes with Sedna AQ1 720p60fps

  • mastroianimastroiani

    Thanks guys!

  • brudneybrudney

    mastroiani-> a general consensus seems to be that both 'smooth' and 'standard' offer 'the best' quality. Personally I like 'smooth' the most (a nice flat setting with good dr and ok noise amount). Under certain conditions I also use 'cinema', which IMHO is the least noisy and grades nicely (especially in midtones). The problem with it is underexposes a bit, is very crunchy and, last but not least, is horrendous when it comes to highlights (ugly greenish-yellowish tint and very harsh roll-off).

  • kriser81kriser81

    @Kihlain Thanks again!

  • mastroianimastroiani

    @brudney Hi, I didn't know Nostalgic was the noisiest film mode. Which film mode should I use for good DR and also for less noise? Smooth? Thanks

  • MirrorkisserMirrorkisser

    @ the cubaner: very nice, also like the high iso noise...

  • the_cubanerthe_cubaner

    @matt_gh2 - thank you!

    most of the time, I worked with the maximum aperture of the lens - F2,0, F4,0, F1,4 or F2,8. For more Infos about the lenses, klick on "MOONLIGHT" in the video ) But sometimes I worked with a smaller aperture that number I dont know, because I have a Novoflex MTF to F adapter. You can see a smooth open from F16 to 1,4 from 2:10 to 2:18.

    Shutterspeed: most 1/25, sometimes 1/50, for little timelaps 1/8 at 300% and for the last scene (my shadow when I traveled in my bike at night) 1/2 .

    ISO: 200 - 12800.

    I used the B setting because the A setting makes problems with 80% It stops after 10 to 40 seconds. The B runs perfect on 80%

  • brudneybrudney

    mastroiani-> to me it seems perfectly natural. low light=noise, especially in the darks. just like with ANY other patch you'll be getting noise in low light. plus you're using the noisiest film mode possible.

  • rajamalikrajamalik

    @mastroiani Mysteron doesn't shows any visible noise up to 640 iso. it only does above iso 1000. i dont know what actually happened to your footage. you have to check it out. use streampaser for bitrate calculation. vlc player shows almost near bitrate. post screenshots here. try repatch your camera with mysteron or else try sedna or canis.

  • KihlianKihlian

    @Kriser81 The camera don´t show the real remaining time. If you look the remaining time go down slower when you shoot than the real time.

  • rajamalikrajamalik

    @driftwood All the Very Best for your project sir.

  • mastroianimastroiani

    Also, perhaps a stupid question but whenever I play the same file in different modes, I get different bitrates.

    For example, when i copied my footage from the SDHC card to my MAC, there was a folder called PRIVATE. If I double click on that folder instead of opening up it launches Quicktime player and gives me a list of the footage I shot. I can then play those files inside the quicktime player. When I play any file via this method Quicktime shows me a bitrate of 160Mbit/s.

    But, I can also right click on the PRIVATE folder and by doing choosing SHOW PACKAGE CONTENTS I can get to the STREAM folder which contains the footage and can copy the MTS to the desktop and then play them in QUICKTIME. This way Quicktime shows me a bitrate of only 65Mbit/s.

    This is totally confusing. It's the exact same file, but I get different data rates... Why does this happen? I'm attaching sample images. First one displays data rate of 160Mbit/s and the second one is 65Mbit/s.

    Thank you so much.

    mysteron_iso320.png
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    mysteron_iso320_2.png
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  • mastroianimastroiani

    Hi guys, I tested MYSTERON patch tonite under low light conditions. Nostalgic -2. Using Canon FD 20mm lens, stopped down to F4 or F5. I think the image exhibits unusual amount of noise even under low iso. Even at iso320 there is very noticeable noise. Even at 160 there is some noise. Or am I imagining? Perhaps, this is normal? First image is ISO 160, second image iso 320 and third is iso 640.

    mysteron_iso160.png
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    mysteron_iso320.png
    1920 x 1080 - 3M
    mysteron_iso640.png
    1920 x 1080 - 3M
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  • TristanTristan

    @feha Thanks. Basically Smooth -2 -2 0 -2. The lenses were an Asahi Auto-Takumar 85mm f1.8 and a Prinz 135mm f 2.8.

    I list more tech details on the Vimeo page.

  • matt_gh2matt_gh2

    @the_cubaner Looks great. What lenses, f-stops, shutter speed, iso's, etc were you using? Great stuff. This is first Sedna footage that I've liked. I like the quantum and Canis stuff more. Maybe it's the B config that I haven't seen yet. Thanks for posting.

  • the_cubanerthe_cubaner

    hey folks,

    this is my "first" complete 'film' made with my GH2 with the Sedna B config. Thank you Driftwood for this wonderful config! It works perfect - specially for night shots with maximum ISO.

    I hope you like it :)

  • LamboLambo

    @weathabee thanks for the information !!!

  • kriser81kriser81

    @Kihlian

    Just one more question if you don't mind. I just steeled my heart and patched Sedna A Q1 to my GH2 (the old one is Sedna A Q20). I'm using 45mb 32gb Sandisk card and notice that the record time is still the same (24pH for 27 mins, 24pL for 54 mins). Since Q1 has constant bitrate, isn't the record time suppose be shorter than Q20 which has adaptive bitrate?

    It has been months since the last time I patched this camera, so I might missed something along the way...like ending up using the old patch by mistake.

  • weathabeeweathabee

    @Feha Thank you!

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